Oktober 25, 2017

He caught me out in the yard. I had my backpack in one hand and was checking the mail when he pulled open the gate. I could hear him coming before I saw him. He stood there and said, “Hello.” He was wearing a black leather jacket I’d never seen on him before. He looked […]

Oktober 25, 2017

Whenever my alarm clock goes off in the morning, I stay in bed for a little while. Ten, fifteen minutes. I’ve heard somewhere that drunks tend to die in their sleep. That they fall asleep and never wake up again, just like that. So I lie there and listen. In class, I sit in the […]